1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 2: Today, we have a guest that is going to tell 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 2: us all about our gut, which I'm excited about, and 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: how our gut not only affects our health, but also 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: you have probably noticed that many young couples have been 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: struggling to conceive in the last I would say, almost 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: like ten years now, and we've sort of wondered what 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: is it? Is it something, is it medication? Is it 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: something in the environment. And then I heard our guest 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: on a podcast and she was talking about all of 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: the pefosts that we are consuming on a daily basis. 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: You may have heard about these forever chemicals. 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: We hear about them a lot where I am because 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: we have a lot of manufacturers. I know our guest 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 2: today will talk about probably farming as well. 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: If you live near a farm, you're also probably experiencing this. 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: But also I was shocked to hear it's even in 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: my cookwear and it's in the foods that I eat 19 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: and the. 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Cans that I drink out of. 21 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: So, with no further ado, doctor Ann Shippy is here 22 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: with us to talk about are about internal medicine and 23 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 2: the environment that affects our gut every day. 24 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining me, thank you for 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: having me. 26 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: And yes, the gut is the center of the universe 27 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: in my world because it's so important for really every 28 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 3: aspect of biology, from absorbing our nutrients that run everything, 29 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 3: to our microbiome, which are the organisms that help our 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: bodies to work better, to a huge part of our 31 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 3: immune system is located in the gut. So our gut 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 3: is good, a lot of our bodies good. 33 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: Well. I love your story because you are someone who 34 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 2: experienced this yourself. You had an autoimmune disorder. You were 35 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: not a doctor at the time, which this I love 36 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: your story because you are driven and this is like 37 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: the ultimate driven. Because you were working at IBM and 38 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: you got sick, Doctors couldn't figure it out, You got better, 39 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: you got sick again, and you were like, I'm gonna 40 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: go to med school. That's not a thing people don't 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: do that. You're special. 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: Well, I'm so fortunate because I think a lot of 43 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: times people do have life experiences that happen, but they're 44 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: and get inspired to make a change, but they're so 45 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: locked into their lives that they can't take eight years 46 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: off and go back to school. 47 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. 48 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: Yes, I mean, I'm amazed by it, but also what 49 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: you've been able to do, because, like I said, there 50 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: are so many things going on today in our bodies 51 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: that we don't understand why they're happening. I've had so 52 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: many young women that I've talked to who I think, 53 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: first of all, I'll say, we are pushing off having 54 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: kids till later. 55 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: So our audience is. 56 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: People with children, and people with adult children, and people 57 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: probably also trying to conceive. But I would say that 58 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 2: when I talk to our audience, I think many of 59 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: them have children the age that are trying to conceive 60 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: right now, and or they're in their high school years, 61 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: and we're going, what do we need to be doing 62 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 2: to make sure they are ready to do that? And 63 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: you have all these suggestions on for both men and women, 64 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: which I found fascinat on making sure that you've kind 65 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 2: of like cleared out these toxins from your body to 66 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: make sure your body's ready for this. But I'm listening 67 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: to you talk about this, and I'm thinking this also 68 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: pertains to everybody. Because I heard you talk about h pylori. 69 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 2: I want to get into that just really quickly, because 70 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: I recently met someone. 71 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: Who had no idea that she was experiencing this. 72 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: She had a lot of acid reflux, had like a 73 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: situation where people kept saying, your breath, you've got a 74 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: breath issue, You've got a breath issue, And she didn't 75 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: know what the deal was, and turns out she has 76 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: this Is it a bacteria or what is it? 77 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: It's a bacteria called H. Pylori. It increases the risk 78 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 3: for getting ulcers as well as reflex and actually cancer 79 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: as well, And a lot of times it can even 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: be silent. So the people who actually have symptoms around 81 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: it and get diagnosed and treated are actually the lucky ones, 82 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: because sometimes it doesn't actually get detected until you have. 83 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: The ulcer or cancer. 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 3: But one of the things I really recommend in any 85 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: phase of life, but especially in this preconception phase where 86 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: you're preparing for pregnancy, is to know what's going on 87 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 3: with your microbiome, the bacteria, the yeast, the parasites that 88 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: are just inheritanly, inherently in our digestive tract. 89 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: So what's really great. 90 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: Is that when we find those things even advance of 91 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 3: them CoV causing problems, it can help our health be healthier. 92 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: So no one ever told me to check my gut 93 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 2: before I had kids. And I've literally never had this 94 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: conversation with my doctor. And if I went to my 95 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: doctor and asked for this, what would I even say? 96 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: And how do I get taken seriously? Because I feel like, 97 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: and maybe this is just my experience as a woman, 98 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: and I'm telling you my experience as a woman, but 99 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: it seems like for women even more so, it is 100 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 2: hard to be taken seriously when you ask for something 101 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: at the doctor's office. 102 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: Well, and unfortunately, a lot of doctor aren't trained in this. 103 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 3: They don't know the importance of checking what's going on 104 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 3: with the microbiome. So a lot of times you have 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 3: to take it into your own hands. And the good 106 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: news is that a lot of companies that are really 107 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 3: good are a couple in particular, do a really great 108 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 3: job of direct to consumers, so anybody can go order 109 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: this for themselves. There's a company called tiny Health that 110 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 3: I love because in addition to doing the gut microbiome, 111 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 3: you can also do the vaginal microbiome, which we know 112 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 3: is super important during pregnancy and delivery for passing on 113 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: a good microbiome to your child. So you can order 114 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 3: it for yourself. It's called tiny health, and then there's 115 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 3: another one called jonah. It is nice to have a 116 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 3: doctor that is really familiar with the microbiome and can 117 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: help you navigate the results. So looking for a functional 118 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 3: medicine doctor that actually knows how to help you interpret 119 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 3: it and come up with a plan to optimize things. 120 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 3: It's really fun. 121 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: So if it's bad and you don't know that is there? 122 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 2: I mean, does this change your eggs? How does this 123 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 2: affect your baby? Is it just affecting your ability to 124 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: get pregnant or is it affecting the actual child in 125 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: their future as well? 126 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: Both? 127 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 3: And this is important for men to so in my 128 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 3: book The pre Consumption Revolution, I explain in great detail. 129 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 3: But when the microbiome is off the gut microbiome, you'r 130 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 3: a genital microbiome. It creates inflammation, and inflammation changes the 131 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: way our hormones work and it sends signals in the 132 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: body that there's an extra work to do. So it 133 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 3: can make you less fertile. But even if you are 134 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 3: still able to get pregnant, it can impact the health 135 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 3: that the baby through something called epigenetics. So how genes 136 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 3: are being dialed up and dialed down. So it's really 137 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 3: great for both men and women to know what's going 138 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: on with their microbiome and to get it into good 139 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 3: balance before they get pregnant, because they'll get pregnant easier, 140 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 3: they'll have better fertility and then healthier babies. 141 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: So are there cases where gut biome is causing women 142 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: to not be able to conceive whatsoever? 143 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: Absolutely? Absolutely? Is that always the woman's fault. 144 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,239 Speaker 3: No, it's both. I've seen men's sperm health improve also 145 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 3: when we get through microbiome balanced. It's both. So what 146 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: I really when I'm so excited about, is how the 147 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: research came together in my book to really support There's 148 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 3: over five hundred articles that are included as references, So 149 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 3: we have all these researchers out there looking at it, 150 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: and then I have my personal experience with helping my patience, 151 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 3: and we can really move the needle, and I want 152 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 3: the conversation to change like that, three, six, twelve, even 153 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 3: two years before you're starting or growing your family, that's 154 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 3: the time to really get your body tuned up so 155 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: that you don't have trouble with fertility and that you 156 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 3: have a healthier baby. 157 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: Interesting, so you also. 158 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 2: In some of these interviews that I've heard you talk 159 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: about this issue, You've also said that the partner's health 160 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: can affect the other partner's health. So if you have 161 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 2: one partner that is like, oh, you know what I'm 162 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: gonna I mean, I feel like this is more the 163 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: wife or the woman and the mother in the situation, 164 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: who would be like, I want to make sure I'm ready. 165 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: And I think we kind of think about that. We're like, you, 166 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: You're not that involved. What you're doing is not that 167 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: big of a deal. My body is the vessel I'm 168 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 2: carrying the child. I have to make sure it's good. 169 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: But you have said that if the partner has some 170 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 2: of these health problems or or some some of this 171 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: gut bacteria that's not correct, that can be transferred to 172 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 2: the other. 173 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 3: So I want people to start thinking about the sperm 174 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: as like a time capsule for the baby and for 175 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: the pregnancy. So if the if the sperm is epigenetically 176 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 3: changed by andronmental toxins, the microbiome, by stress, by blood 177 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 3: sugar abnormalities, many things that I discuss in the book, 178 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 3: it can actually influence how healthy the pregnancy is. So 179 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 3: it can increase the risk for preeclampsia, placental issues and 180 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: other things so wild. 181 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: It's like this tea. 182 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 3: It's so exciting though, because it's it's like the team effort. 183 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 3: It takes some of the burden off the woman and 184 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 3: it gives the male partner the opportunity to participate in 185 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 3: a whole nother way, like their health is like a 186 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 3: snapshot for this future child that can really get them 187 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 3: inspired to take action and be part of the solution 188 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 3: to having healthy babies. 189 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: And pre clampsia is something that I think as women, 190 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: we feel like it's one of those things that while 191 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 2: you're pregnant you're really afraid of because it can it 192 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: can I mean, you can die from pre clampsia. 193 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: It can be very serious. 194 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 3: It's very serious. The mom can die, the baby can die, 195 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: and it's it is very very alarming and very scary. 196 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: It's basically like extreme high blood pressure, right, extreme high 197 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 3: blood pressure and signs of the liver being overloaded, like 198 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 3: the liver can't handle all the work that it needs 199 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 3: to do for both baby and mom. There's a lot 200 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 3: of guilt that goes along with things like this when 201 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: they occur during pregnancy and people you know, there's It's 202 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 3: funny because we talked to someone recently who was saying, 203 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 3: there's so much guilt at the doctor's office, and I 204 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: think oftentimes we don't like to have these conversations because 205 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: there is a lot of guilt at the doctor's office. 206 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 3: It's like, don't eat this, you can't have this if 207 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 3: you're overweight. These are the complications that you can have 208 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 3: during pregnancy, and that's one of them that they say, oh, well, 209 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 3: this could be connected to your weight, But what if 210 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: it's not. What if there's other things that it could 211 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 3: be connected to. And that's what you're bringing to us 212 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: right now. So there is a huge benefit to finding someone. 213 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: I'm in kind of a rural area and that's a 214 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 3: concern of mine, like how do you find this doctor? 215 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 2: How do you make sure that you have this testing done? 216 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 2: And what is the testing? Do they have to like 217 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: is it invasive? Is this me sending in a stool sample? 218 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: How does this go? 219 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, So there's lots of options that things to test, 220 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 3: and that's really described in detail in the book, but 221 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 3: it ranges from detailed nutritional status, the micropiem like we 222 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 3: talked about the tocsin levels. How while your a mitochondria. 223 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 3: You are looking some really detailed markers for inflammation, the 224 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: epigenetics at this part, and there's so much that's possible 225 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 3: to do. So by reading the book, people can find 226 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: out how to do some of that testing on their own. 227 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 3: And then also there's going I know there's going to 228 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 3: be such a need for this that I'm going to 229 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 3: be offering an online program starting in January where people 230 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 3: can actually order the test through the program, and then 231 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 3: we can do group calls to help people interpret it 232 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 3: because you know, I can't see the thousands and thousands 233 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 3: of people that I want to have this opportunity to 234 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 3: do this, to have the healthy babies. So there be 235 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 3: a lot of help around this, especially the talks and levels. 236 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 3: I think, you know, one of the things that's really 237 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 3: amazed me over the years is even people that think 238 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 3: they're doing everything right. You know, they're eating organic, they're 239 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 3: filtering their water, they have some awareness about how the 240 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 3: environmental toxins can be building up in their body. We 241 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 3: find things. Even one of my own kids, we just 242 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 3: did his talks and level. He's twenty four and he 243 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 3: mostly eats organic. He's pretty like he's future proofing his 244 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 3: fertility thank goodness, as best he can. But we found 245 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 3: a really high actressing level, and so we've had to 246 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 3: do some investigation and we think we figured out what 247 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 3: it was. He was eating some corn that's not organic, 248 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 3: and he was he loves to golf, so maybe the 249 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 3: way he was handling the golf shoes and things after golfing, 250 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 3: and maybe not changing out his gloves enough and some 251 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 3: things like that. So but actually getting the data gives 252 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: us us the opportunity of doing the investigation and finding 253 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 3: ways to solve the problems. 254 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 2: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 255 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 2: the Tutor Dixon podcast. So these are things to be 256 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: aware of if you live near a manufacturing facility, if 257 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 2: you live near a farm, if you live on a 258 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 2: golf course. That's another one that people don't know that 259 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 2: golf courses have a lot of chemicals, a lot of 260 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: chemicals that go to for upkeep and that goes into 261 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: your drinking water. But if you're filtering your water, how 262 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 2: do you get forever chemicals out of your water? 263 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tricky, you know some of these things. It's 264 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: a cost benefit ratio. But the clean, the better filtration 265 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: systems that you can have for your water and even 266 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 3: whole house filters the better, and then also filtering your air, 267 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 3: having some air filters that you use at night, because 268 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 3: air pollution is such a big deal a lot of places. 269 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 3: I mean I live in Texas and there's open burnings allowed, 270 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: so people are burning their plastics and all things. And 271 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: then you know other places that have a lot of 272 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 3: heavy traffic. There's amazing issues that are very difficult, very 273 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 3: challenging to deal with with the air pollution that and 274 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: there's you know, from a chronic health issue like links 275 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 3: with dementia and Parkinson's and autoimmunity, all of these things 276 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: that impact fertility that I want to you know that 277 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 3: I really wrote the book about applied to so many 278 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: different health issues that we're seeing escalate. So this book 279 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: could really be applicable for everyone. I just really dialed 280 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: it in for the for the fertility piece. 281 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: So if you have these issues can and you don't 282 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: take care of them, you don't know about them. Is 283 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 2: that potentially causing autoimmune disease in the in the child 284 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 2: or autism or any of these things that we're seeing. 285 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: Could that be contributing to these childhood cancers and metabolic 286 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 2: distor orders that we're seeing rising. 287 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: There's links with all of this, and that's why I 288 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 3: think I really want this preconception period to be like 289 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 3: non negotiable, like most women won't get pregnant on purpose 290 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: without at least taking a prenatal vitamin. I want this 291 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: to become the narrative where men and women are very 292 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 3: consciously choosing when to get pregnant because they know they've 293 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 3: optimized enough of their biology to reduce their child dress 294 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 3: for autism, mental health issues, cancer, autoimmunity, all these things 295 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 3: that are so alarming what we're seeing increase, the increases 296 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 3: that we're seeing in our children today. 297 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: Childhood obesity, all of these things you talk about. One 298 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: of the things that you talk about, and I again 299 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: will say this because I think historically we have never 300 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 2: considered the fact that the man should be looking at 301 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 2: his health before they try to get pregnant. But you 302 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 2: say a man should probably cut any alcohol out for 303 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: like two months before trying to get pregnant. 304 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 3: At least two months. Really three to six months is 305 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 3: more optimal. Really, get the liver arrest and let it 306 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: work on detoxing some of these other things that are 307 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: harder to control. In the environment. 308 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: And if the husband goes out for a football game 309 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: and has a night out and drinks a beer, are 310 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: you like you got to start those two months over 311 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: or I mean, I think because I think we are 312 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 2: getting to the point where we're like, I want to 313 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: prevent these diseases. 314 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: What is happening? 315 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 3: You know, I really think about it as the things 316 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 3: we can control. Let's just commit to controlling those things 317 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 3: for as long as we can before we get pregnant. 318 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 3: Is one beer going to make a difference. Probably not, 319 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,119 Speaker 3: but it is one of the things that you can control. 320 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 3: So I would prefer it to just make that commitment 321 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: and get as many the toxins out. So sperm takes 322 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 3: about seventy four days to from start to finish to 323 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 3: make a sperm, And really, yes, and so learning something here. 324 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 3: We want that environment that the sperm is kind of 325 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 3: developing in and the egg is developing in to be 326 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 3: as pristine as possible. I mean, you wouldn't plant a 327 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 3: garden in a place that you know that you had 328 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: a sewer lake, right or manufacturing waste to go, Like, 329 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 3: you want that soil to be as pristine as possible, 330 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 3: and the egg and the sperm where it's developing, We 331 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 3: just like just we want it to be fully nourished, 332 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 3: ready to grow a beautiful garden. 333 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: Okay, but the sperm you say, it's taking what seventy 334 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: four days you said, But the egg is there from 335 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 2: the time we're babies, So I mean we're in our 336 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 2: inside of our mothers with our eggs. So are we 337 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 2: screwing them up throughout our lives? Like are they in 338 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 2: a protected place or what are we doing to them? 339 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 3: The better we take care of our bodies through our 340 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 3: entire lifespan, the easier it is to maintain our fertility 341 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 3: and to have healthy babies. So part of this initiative 342 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: is really helping women to know what they can be doing, 343 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 3: you know, their entire lifespan, not just to have healthy babies, 344 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 3: but also to keep our ovary in health as good 345 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 3: as possible into menopause. 346 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: Right. 347 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 3: I really think that our ovaries are part of our longevity, 348 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 3: and the better we take care of our full bodies 349 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 3: and the better we'll go through menopause and age. So 350 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 3: it's really a whole longevity conversation as well. 351 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: Well. 352 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 2: I think about this as a mom of four girls. 353 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: I think what am I doing to prepare them, Like, 354 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 2: what am I doing to screw them up? Is actually 355 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: what I'm I want to be saying. I think I'm great, 356 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 2: but I'm also in my mind, I'm like, Okay, I've 357 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 2: really not done the greatest things, you know. 358 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: And I was. 359 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 2: Listening to you saying that the nonstick pans are no good. 360 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my gosh, how many things have I 361 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 2: screwed up up? So and you're like, don't door dash right? 362 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 2: And we bring home food home from the restaurants all 363 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 2: the time, and I never thought about I'm always like, 364 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 2: don't microwave it. I never thought, well, it's sitting on 365 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 2: that styrofoam. Why would I want them to eat it? 366 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: But go through all of that with us, because I 367 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 2: do think that as a parent, I'm past the point 368 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 2: like this is this story is now. I'm not having 369 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: any more kids. I'm past that point. But I look 370 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,479 Speaker 2: at my daughters and I go, I am responsible for 371 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: their health and teaching them why their health is important. 372 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 2: What am I doing in my house right now that 373 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: isn't good for them? I love this framing the conversation 374 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 2: this way. It's really really important. So I want to 375 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 2: raise the alarm bells but also give people hope. So yes, 376 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: I think you're really really being thoughtful about how to 377 00:19:55,600 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 2: help your children to protect their future fertility. And do 378 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 2: need to start thinking about the PIFAs, the plastics, the pesticides, 379 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: the heavy metals, because they really do build up in 380 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 2: the body. So the better we can do with not 381 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: having the toxins come in, the better. Now, I will 382 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: say that I've seen people in their mid forties that 383 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: have had issues with fertility. Some people have had to 384 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 2: do ibs previously, and even in their mid thirties and 385 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 2: in their forties, and even one person in their late 386 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 2: forties right now's forty seven, that we were able to 387 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 2: do a very intensive, thoughtful detox, like not like the 388 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 2: stuff that you see with the cleanses and the juice 389 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 2: fests and all that kind of thing online. 390 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's what I assume that I'm really likes 391 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: some green drink for in the next. 392 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 3: Thirty days and the green rings won't heart too. But 393 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 3: there are certain supplements that I write about in the book. 394 00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 3: Liposome will glue to thione, hospittal coaline, certain binders helping 395 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 3: the methy lation pathways. It's very science based safe gentle 396 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 3: detox and it's very effective for getting those talks inside 397 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: of your body. 398 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: So okay, but do I have to think about this 399 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: with my kids? Should I be testing them? 400 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,360 Speaker 3: If you can? Absolutely? 401 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: And that's like through I can do that through one 402 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: of these. 403 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 2: I did this recently as a company called yome Yes 404 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 2: and you send in. I didn't know that you were, 405 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 2: so I was like, yeah, I would love to do this, 406 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 2: and then the kit came and it freaked me out 407 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 2: a little bit. 408 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. 409 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 2: You had to spit and then you you sends you 410 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: spit in your soul sample those were fine. 411 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: You had to take your own blood and I was like, 412 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: I cannot do this. 413 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 2: And I will say that my twelve year old was like, Mom, 414 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 2: I've got this. I'm such a whimp. And she did it. 415 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 2: She she took my blood and she and you prick 416 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: your finger and it's not like you're using a needle 417 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: in your arm, but you prick your fingers. 418 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: And I was like, I'm going to pass out. She 419 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: did it all and you sent it in. 420 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 2: I know, That's what I said to her. I'm like, you, 421 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: not that many people have this gift. Her twin looked 422 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 2: at us both and was like, I'm taking the dog out. 423 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 2: Never has taken the dog out in her life. She 424 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 2: just couldn't stand the sight of blood, you know. But 425 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 2: she was great. She took care of me. It was 426 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: amazing what it comes back with. It comes back with 427 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 2: like the foods you should eat. And I never I 428 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 2: was like, oh, this is great for me. 429 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: I didn't think about my kids because I'm like, they're young, 430 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: they're healthy. I don't have to. 431 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 2: But of course this is when this is starting, all 432 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 2: this bad gut stuff, So why shouldn't I don't think 433 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 2: about it because they don't seem to have health problems. 434 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 2: But I am desperately afraid of them not being able 435 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 2: to conceive, because it seems like this generation of young 436 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 2: women cannot conceive. I think it's what you said one 437 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: in ten. 438 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 3: It's actually one in six couples. Now, maybe are you serious? 439 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 3: One in five couples crazy where one or both are 440 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 3: dealing with infertility. The sperm count has gone down by 441 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 3: fifty percent in fifty years, so about one percent a year, 442 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 3: but it's accelerating. This last count it was two point 443 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,479 Speaker 3: six percent in a year. But I want to like, 444 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 3: we we have to start thinking about our children, grandchildren's fertility. 445 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 3: But I want to be hopeful because this approach of 446 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 3: eating the right foods, getting the body into an optimal 447 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 3: shape can preserve fertility well into the into forties. 448 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 2: So with Biome, they actually do say these are the 449 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 2: supplements that you need to get your gut in shape, 450 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 2: and then I don't really know what that means. So 451 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: you so you're on board with that there are there 452 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 2: are supplements that you take. Explain how that works and 453 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 2: are these vitamins or what is what happens? 454 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, So and again really detailed outline in the book 455 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 3: around fertility and the things that there's very good scientific 456 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 3: evidence for in the book, but we kind of forget 457 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 3: that our body runs on nutrients, and so there I've 458 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: really highlighted the nutrients that can help to sustain fertility 459 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 3: and actually improve it. So it's a lot of the antioxidants, 460 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 3: so things like kerkcumin and the B vitamins and asked as. 461 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: Antheen is popping up this one because there's really. 462 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 3: Great I don't even know what that word means now. 463 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 3: It's like a it's like a vitamin A, but a 464 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: special form of vitamin a. So there's there's amazing research 465 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 3: that is available to help us to choose some things 466 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 3: that really help. And then on ovarian aging when the 467 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 3: supplements that can really make a difference, or special forms 468 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 3: of co Q ten. So I think most people have 469 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: probably heard of coq ten. It really helps our mitochondria, 470 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 3: the little organelles inside our body make energy better. And 471 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 3: then things like carnatine the fasttchline again is really good 472 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 3: for our mitochondria. So there's all this search that's coming 473 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 3: together that I put into the book that can really 474 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 3: help people to feel empowered and not so afraid. It 475 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 3: just breaks my heart how many, you know, thirty thirty 476 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 3: year old women are being guided to go put their 477 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 3: eggsll ice to protect their fertility without actually helping their 478 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 3: bodies to be stronger better. And I think if they 479 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 3: put those resources and the time and energy into protecting 480 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 3: their fertility, it's really not a great idea to do 481 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 3: the IVF because and the egg carvesting, because it's so 482 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 3: hard on the body. It's really pushing the body in 483 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 3: such a hard way for women to know, hey, wait, 484 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 3: if I'm doing these things, I'm eating healthy and taking 485 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: the right supplements, keeping the toxins out that I can 486 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 3: actually have good fertility well into my forties and not 487 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 3: be in this state of fear. It's such a better 488 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 3: place because it's really just turned into the narrative thirty 489 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 3: You're probably gonna have to do idea for you need 490 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 3: to be thinking about Harvey sitting or eggs, and it's 491 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 3: just not what I see with my patients. 492 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. 493 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 2: We'll continue next on a Tutor Dixon podcast, we are 494 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 2: pushing pregnancy out. I had my kids at thirty two, 495 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: thirty four, and thirty six. 496 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: I was fortunate. All I had to do was think 497 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: about getting pregnant, and I was pregnant. 498 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 2: And I feel so blessed about it because now I 499 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 2: look at this and I think I had no idea. 500 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if I was taking care of myself, 501 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: you know. 502 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: I just look back and I'm like, I have no 503 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: idea if I was in that kind of shape to 504 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 2: have my children or not. But it's also such a 505 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: hard conversation to have. I've had relatives that have struggled 506 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 2: with conception and they don't tell anybody, or they tell 507 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 2: you that you can never talk about it, and it's 508 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 2: just so awkward. And as a mom and a dad 509 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: of a kid, a daughter or a son who's struggling there, 510 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 2: it's really hard to have that conversation because they think 511 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: you have no idea what we're going through. That's why 512 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: I like the idea of a book because it's something 513 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 2: that you can share and even you know, hey, listen 514 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: to this podcast or watch what this person has to say. 515 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: But look, she wrote this book. It's called the Preconception Revolution. 516 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 2: Why preparing your body for pregnancy changes everything? We don't 517 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 2: think about preparing our bodies. Like I said, I never 518 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 2: considered am I capable of doing this? 519 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: And That's what I'm supposed to do? Like that's how 520 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: the body works, right. 521 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: Never never considered getting myself I would get myself in 522 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 2: shape for a race, never considered getting myself in shape 523 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 2: for pregnancy. 524 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: But why shouldn't we? And that's why I. 525 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: Think that we should be talking to people about getting 526 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 2: this book and sharing it with others. So tell people 527 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: where they get it and how you how you kind 528 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 2: of broach that conversation from your perspective. 529 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 3: So it's the Preconception Revolution, and it's on Amazon and 530 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: every place that books are sold there's lots of information 531 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 3: on my website and Shippy MD dot com. And what 532 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 3: I'm finding is that there are a lot of but 533 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: you know, potential future grandparents that are really super interested 534 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 3: in providing this support to their future grandchildren and to 535 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 3: their children. And I think it's it's just an easy 536 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 3: gift to give because if nothing else, if they're you know, 537 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 3: not wanting to have children, it's still information that's great 538 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: for their health. 539 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 2: So really too pushy to give someone this as like 540 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 2: a bridal shower gift. 541 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: I know. I think it's a great one just in case. 542 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 2: I know, because it doesn't have to be for someone 543 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 2: in your life that's struggling. 544 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean, this is not meant for just people who 545 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: are struggling. You're saying everybody should be doing this, right. 546 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 3: I'm more concerned about the people who have no idea 547 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 3: that they're about to head into oncoming traffic. Like I 548 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 3: feel like when people get to the point of having 549 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 3: the infertility, they know they're in check engine light is on. 550 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 3: But I think there are a lot of people that 551 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 3: have no idea. They don't have the feedback loop to 552 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 3: know that they're entering into dangerous territory either that they're 553 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 3: going to have a problem with fertility in their future, 554 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 3: or that they're going to have children with the health risks, 555 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 3: and so I think it's a muster read for anybody 556 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 3: whoever wants to get pregnant or have a family, because 557 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 3: we want to do true prevention. We don't want people 558 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 3: to have to get to the point where they're dealing 559 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 3: with infertility. It's so heartbreaking to have a child with 560 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 3: autism or severe mental health issues, or diabetes, all the 561 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 3: things like. It is so hard for parents. I think 562 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 3: it's harder to having gone through my own health crisis 563 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 3: and having had children with illness, it's harder for me 564 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 3: to go through a child being sick that it is 565 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 3: for me to have. So I just it's really what 566 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 3: it's the true prevention that I want people to have 567 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 3: so that they can really enjoy a healthy family. 568 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 2: Let me ask you one more thing. Are there toxins 569 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 2: that your parents could have experienced that are still in 570 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 2: your system? Because I know when my grandmother was pregnant, 571 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 2: everybody was taking some drug that was causing the babies 572 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 2: to be born with limb deformities. A day my aunt 573 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 2: didn't have a limb deformity but she had such trouble 574 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 2: with her whole reproductive system was messed up, and they 575 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 2: believe it was from that drug. 576 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 3: I'm going to just be very transparent here. Yeah, I 577 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: think my mom wasn't a big smoker, but she did 578 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 3: smoke a little bit when she got around the time 579 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 3: that she got pregnant with me, So we know that 580 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 3: some of those chemicals can actually stay epigenetically for the 581 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 3: long haul. And then for me, I still had a 582 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 3: mouthful full of a Malcolm Fillings and I had eaten 583 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 3: a ton of tuna fish. So the heavy metal effects 584 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 3: on my kids I think definitely made u There are 585 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 3: things in this book that I know my kids could 586 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 3: have been healthier if I had known it beforehand. And I, 587 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 3: you know, you just tuna fish bad because it's high 588 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 3: in mercury and actually a lot of fish. I'm starting 589 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,239 Speaker 3: it's so depressing, but I'm starting to think, you know, 590 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 3: if if the FDA says don't wait that pregnant women 591 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 3: shouldn't eat fish, men and women planning for pregnancy shouldn't 592 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 3: eat fish more than once a week. 593 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: Wow, this is so stunning. 594 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 2: I mean, because I feel like fish is so healthy. 595 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 3: It's really challenging to get fish that's not got high 596 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 3: levels of mercury in. 597 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: It these days. 598 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 2: Wow, okay, so it's not so you probably can't just 599 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 2: test your I'm sorry I keep holding you over, but 600 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 2: you probably can't just test your gut once. You have 601 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 2: to constantly test it, or how do you know you're 602 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 2: getting better? 603 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 3: Yes, I mean it's good to the microbiome piece is 604 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 3: a good test to do at least once a year 605 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 3: and see where you are, and to look and see 606 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 3: where your inflammation markers are and your talks and levels. 607 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 3: So you know, it's part of the challenge of all 608 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 3: this is it's outside the insurance model, you know, And 609 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 3: to me, the benefits of knowing this information are so 610 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 3: worth it, especially you know when you look at the 611 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 3: cost of having a child with and with poor health 612 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 3: or dealing with infertility. 613 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 2: Right well, I even think about as you age, there 614 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 2: are when you talk about inflammation, and I think about joints, 615 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,960 Speaker 2: and I think about menopause, and I think about all 616 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 2: of the things that we go through. And I don't 617 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 2: know why you wouldn't want to be constantly aware of 618 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 2: making sure that everything. We just keep hearing about the gut, 619 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 2: which is so new. You know, we never heard about 620 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 2: that when I was a kid, and certainly not. I mean, 621 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 2: my oldest is sixteen, so I wasn't hearing about any 622 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 2: of this when I was pregnant. I just think this 623 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 2: is very interesting and it was fascinating to see when 624 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 2: I did the voome and I got my report back, 625 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 2: it was like things that I eat every day were 626 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 2: causing me extreme problems, not extreme, like it was like 627 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 2: this is going to make you have stomach pain and 628 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 2: this is going to make you feel bloated, and I'm like, 629 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 2: oh my word, I feel so much better cutting things 630 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 2: out that seem like they are healthy for someone else, 631 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 2: but they're not for me. That was what I found 632 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 2: most interesting. Not everybody is the same, so it's not 633 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 2: like you just this is what you should eat. It 634 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 2: has to be based on how your body reacts to it. 635 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 3: And it is really such an exciting area of medicine 636 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 3: as understanding the microbiome and how food interacts with each individual. 637 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 3: It's so exciting that we could customize these things. 638 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. 639 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 2: So then I think that's also why you need to 640 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 2: know how your spouse reacts, because your spouse affects you 641 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 2: and you may not be eating the same things like that, 642 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 2: your body may not react to things the same way. 643 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 2: So it is kind of like a whole family approach 644 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 2: to health. So you do kind of have to know 645 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 2: how ever beauty reacts to it. 646 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: But it is. 647 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 2: It's been fascinating for me to read about. I am 648 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 2: so grateful to you for writing this book. Like I 649 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 2: said to everyone, if you know someone, I really think 650 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 2: it's like if you know someone that just got married, 651 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 2: if you know someone that is even looking at hey, 652 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,240 Speaker 2: we're thinking of conceiving in the next year, they should 653 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 2: be reading this book right right. 654 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for seeing the vision. 655 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 656 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 3: Absolutely really help to get the world word out there. 657 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 3: And I think there's a possibility of this truly changing 658 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 3: this children's health crisis that we're experiencing with the you know, 659 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 3: just sicker and sicker kids. I think we could actually 660 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 3: get a handle on this by having healthier parents before 661 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 3: they conceive. 662 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 2: That's it's fascinating. So give us the book one more time. 663 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 2: The Preconception Revolution. All right, go out there and get 664 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,439 Speaker 2: it for the men and women in your life. It's 665 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 2: not just a woman thing, it's a men and women thing. 666 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 2: So go out and get the book, It's Doctor and Shippy, 667 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 2: Doctor Shippy, thank you so much for coming on today, 668 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 2: thanks for having me absolutely, and thank you all for 669 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 2: joining the Tutor Dixon podcast as always for this episode 670 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 2: and others. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts, 671 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 2: which is like the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or anyplace else, 672 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 2: and you can watch the full video on Rumble or 673 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 2: YouTube at Tutor Dixon, but make sure you watch it 674 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 2: and join us next time. 675 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: Have a blessed day.